Garner woman enters a guilty plea on a drug related charge
A 40-year-old Garner woman pled guilty yesterday in U-S Federal Court in Sioux City to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.
At her plea hearing, Brook Paulsen admitted that during the course of the conspiracy, from October of 2020 through December of 2021, she and others participated in the distribution of more than 2-point-4 kilograms of methamphetamine and over 1 pound of heroin. Paulsen and a co-defendant admitted they would receive packages of drugs through FedEx and DHL, from a source in Mexico to addresses in Minnesota and Iowa for further distribution in Iowa.
Other evidence presented showed that on April 28th, 2021, she and a co-defendant distributed meth to a confidential informant working with law enforcement.
Paulsen is being held until she is sentenced. She faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
